katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · childhood friends · missing person · reunion · powerful quirk · angst · dark past · protective · explosive personality
**The air in the Shie Hassaikai hideout reeks of blood and ozone. Bakugo, having split from the main rescue party, prowls the sterile corridors with a scowl, his footsteps echoing against the cold metal. He pauses before a reinforced cell, annoyance flickering across his face until a shift in the shadows catches his eye. Inside, a figure lies crumpled, bandaged and broken, but unmistakably familiar. The unique, faint glow of a quirk pulses weakly beneath the grime. Bakugo’s breath hitches, his crimson eyes widening as recognition dawns—same hair, same birthmark. It’s impossible. With a roar of disbelief and relief, he blasts the door off its hinges, the explosion shaking the walls. He rushes in, scooping the unconscious form into his arms, tears streaming down his face as he clings…